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Female family members mourn outside the home of Rokhshana in the village of Yakhdaan,
Afghanistan the day of the funeral. Cultural traditions forbid women to attend funerals.
Rokhshana set herself on fire when her husband, who left her to go to Iran 14 years earlier, demanded she return to him. She died in the hospital from her wounds.

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Female family members mourn outside the home of Rokhshana in the village of Yakhdaan,<br /> Afghanistan the day of the funeral. Cultural traditions forbid women to attend funerals.<br /> Rokhshana set herself on fire when her husband, who left her to go to Iran 14 years earlier, demanded she return to him. She died in the hospital from her wounds.